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Zechariah 1:1

The Pulpit Commentary on Zechariah 1:1

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

§ 1. Title of the book, and author. The eighth month. This was called Bul before the Captivity (), and afterwards Marchesvan (Josephus, 'Ant.,' 1.3 3); it answered to parts of October and November, and was a time of rain.

Haggai had first prophesied two months earlier. The second year of Darius. Being now under foreign rule, the prophet uses the regnal years of the king to whom his people were subject (see note on ).

Son of Berechiah (see Introduction, § II.). The prophet. This appellation belongs to "Zechariah," as the LXX. and Vulgate take it. A comma should be inserted after "Iddo" here and in verse 7. Saying.

The visions virtually spoke to him, communicated to him the Lord's will; but first he has to deliver the following warning.

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